Command Prompt

So, I was watching anime some 30 minutes ago and a cmd window popped up for no more than 500ms, even less than that. First thing that came to my mind was "***** [Mod edit to redact profanity. Remember that this is a Family friendly forum.] I got some malware", but I began checking around...

Hey all, I was doing some upgrades for my computer, and I'm migrating to a new system with an NVMe SSD instead of a SATA SSD. I couldn't find the sata power cable for my new power supply (I've found them now) so I decided the easiest way to copy my data over to my new computer would be to use an...

So my MSi laptop has 2 ram slots, the first one is the original laptop ram (samsung brand) and the second one is empty so i put the corsair ram there. After its done i run command prompt to check wether it got installed properly or not wmic memorychip get devicelocator, manufacturer...

Hi, I was just trying to import a video to premiere pro and then boom, blue screen appeared. The error code is: “bad config info” and it won’t let me get into my desktop. It just keeps on looping reboot. There are several options to solve this, but nothing works.. system recovery? No, I...

So my Ethernet stopped working one day, and in Windows it says "Unidentified Network" and "No Internet", but the Wi-Fi on my PC still works. I have tried multiple different solutions after browsing online for 2 days, but none seem to work. Some of the things which I have tried are using the...

Hello, I'm trying to write a batch file that relies on contents of a file being saved as a variable. I've looked for solutions on multiple forums, and none of them are working anymore. I'm using Windows 10 on a virtual machine in VirtualBox. This is what I've done: This is my first time...

Hello everyone, Since a year or so my latency has started to become increasinly worse. Since a few weeks the latency started to peak to 999+ in games such as COD Warzone, Other games in which I used to have ~11 ping now spike to above 200. What I've done so far: Switched back to Ethernet...

When I am trying to copy files using Command Prompt, I have to use dir /x and copy the short name because it never finds the file name listed in dir. How can i fix this issue.

So I was recording some stuff and found out there was a folder called "Captured" in the PublicVideos folder thats been storing recorded videos I don't remember recording. One of the recordings is 239GB which took up all the space in my drive. I've been trying to delete it for the past week but...

When using CMD, the file path just says user, even though my user account has my name. How do I change it to my user name?

I have a bud whose PC won't boot. Sounds like a driver issue, and I walked him through it over the phone and it won't even get into safe mode. Blue screen. Swapped out RAM, GPU, etc. No bueno. Only gets as far as the login screen and BSOD shortly after entering password. It's one of those...

Hi, i need help in creating a batch file or a command prompt script to clear excel file contents without opening them clear file contents of file 1.xls file 3.xls file 4.xls please help

I've been dealing with this problem ever since I built my PC, about 7 months ago. It's like I'm playing Russian roulette every time I put my PC to sleep, but I'm almost positive that's what's causing the issue (I just don't know how I can check or fix it). Basically sometimes after booting up...

Hi Everyone, I hope someone can help me out with this problem. I encased my old laptop hd (1Tb Seagate HDD SATA) because there were significant problems. I connected the now external hd to my new laptop (via USB C) and changed the permissions on all folders and subfolders to "Everyone"...

Hello everyone, So I've had this laptop (Asus Zenbook UX430U) for about 2 years, rarely using it for the past 1,5 years. I'm starting a new project with it so I wanted to give it a factory reset to get rid of anything I won't need. So that's what I did but when I powered it on afterwards it...

For any of you who know what Herobrine (The minecraft entity) is, me and my friend were playing with the command prompt trying to make it seem like herobrine had appeared using the following command: cls && set Herobrine=(color f2 && prompt Herobrine && echo welcome) what we thought the...

Since I downloaded the most recent Windows 10 update I've had the command prompt popup at random intervals. It is usually to fast to read fully, but I can make out see the phrase, "Transaction_Processed(ing)" Another CMD came up but with no text in it. It was titled...

I tried to install a new motherboard (Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/TUF-B450M-PLUS-GAMING/) and a new processor (Ryzen 7 1800X), but it won't boot. It's getting power (all the lights are turning on on the motherboard and the graphics card, but when I press the...

Hey, I really can't decide if it's wort spending almost 200$ more to get the RTX 2070. I want to be able to get 144 fps on 1080p while streaming Apex and Fortnite with Nvenc, and around 45 FPS on X-Plane 11 (I also know xplane is VRAM intensive so that's also a factor). Right now I have a 1050...

Long story short. Seemingly at random my windows 10 PC decides to detect or not detect my WD 8TB shucked easystore white drive after either initial boot up or from sleep mode. Sometimes it does detect it, sometimes it does not. I'll restart the PC many times, sometimes it will take 5 or 10...

I am tight on budget and I live in Pakistan. I have these options in my budget. I know the options aren't really good but I have to choose one out of these. The build is a ryzen 2600 with rx 580 FSP Hyper K 600W Thermaltake Smart SE 530W Thermaltake Litepower 650W Cooler Master - MasterWatt...

I am currently looking online for computer parts to get my first build started and came across the ryzen 5 2400g (had a dedicated graphcis card). Because I plan to slowly upgrade the computer over time, is this a good place to start in the build? I can add better gpus to the build afterwards...

In games, like bfV my I7-7700hq drops randomly to 800mhz which results in inconsistent frametimes. The CPU stays at around 80-85C so no thermal throttling. I dont really know what to do, so I hope someone here could help me.

I have a Logitech F310 gamepad that I use to play some games on PC. It worked very well for about a year, but then I noticed that in some games it either did not work or some buttons were swapped with one another. The controller worked perfectly fine with these games before but then it just...

Hello fellow PC people. I have around 1000 euros to spare and I was wondering what you people would suggest for me to upgrade my current PC with. Current specs: CPU: AMD FX 8150 Cooling: Stock* Moederbord: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 RAM: 2x Corsair Vengeance (4GB) GPU: Nvidea GTX 770...

I am looking for workstation graphics card recommendations. I have a stock trading station and need better display performance (no gaming). Below is a list of questions I've thought of and my setup. Note that although connecting directly to the card would be nice, I already use HDMI-USB3 4k...

Would like your opinion as to which board to get I think the VRM is similar for both. MSI has a front panel USB-C and an 8+4pin EPS port STRIX board has slightly better audio codec? and only 8pin EPS. Came from Gigabyte (Nightmare BIOS issues) so which brand has a better / more stable BIOS...

Can I add a usb 3.0 card to my Dell optiplex 3010 i3 (SFF)? I know it's an old machine but I would like faster transfer speeds. I should mention I already have a Radeon GPU card plugged in to the (pci?) slot. Many thanks for any answers.

Hi! I have 16gb of ddr3 ram. Usually I have chrome open (with a lot of pages, about 20), steam and maybe something else not too heavy. I float around 40% usage at that point. Recently I checked my ram with the same apps as always open and I was at like 90%. I restarted my computer and it fixed...

Chassis: Thermal take- level 10 GT snow edition ATX full tower case Motherboard: Rampage V Extreme CPU: Core I7-5820k CPU cooler: NH D-15 D-TYPE PREMIUM COOLER Graphics card: GEFORCE GTX 1070 PSU: AX1500i SSD 1TB RAM: CORSAIR 32GB To my knowledge everything is plugged in, ram is seated in...

Hi thanks for taking time to take a look at my thread. I have been thinking about upgrading my computer for some time now and had read articles claiming that now is the best time to get a new system with the new GPU's dropping and the fall in DDR4 prices. Here is what i have currently planned...

I have a cracked (like as in cannot see anything except a small portion of the corner) asus laptop that is booting into bios instead of windows, and while I do not know the issue for that, first I need to fix the screen. The monitor works on other laptops fine, and so i know thats not the...

Hello guys, I currently own i5-6600k and i5-8400 CPUs on two computers. I am trying to use one as gaming and one as streaming. (I know both CPU isn't that great for gaming.) I checked a few CPU benchmark website, and it seems i5-8400 is slightly better than i5-6600k. I want to hear some opinions...

tried booting up my computer yesterday and the BIOS boot screen started glitching, not sure what is causing it but when you press one of the buttons (end, delete) it freezes completely. happens every time I try to start it. any help appreciated, thank you in advance View...

Recently I tried to add more ram to my pc, going from 2x8 go to 4x8gb. But when I added the new ram the pc would power on but no picture would be displayed and the red memOK light came on. I pressed the button to do a memory check but the computer remained dysfunctional. I took the two new...

Hello, I’m looking at purchasing a Sager laptop and was wondering if they use a desktop GPU instead of the Max-Q? I was also wondering if anyone has experience with these laptops and their performance? How close are they to desktops, how do they handle being connected to a say, 24” 1080p...

Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 3847 with a GEFORCE GTX 1050TI. is my process over-clockable? Dell Inspiron 3847 with a few tweaks EVGA 600W 80+ Kingston 256 SSD Boot WD Blue 1TB 16GB Ram (2x8GB) AMD FirePro V7900 (PCIe 16x) EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1050TI (PCIe 16x through PCIe 1x Riser Adapter)...

So I am super new to RGB fans and AIO's. I just recently bought a box of PC parts and so I got both of these, the fans are the 5 pack, I have the box with everything(I think) for the fans and I have the AIO, but no box for that, I have the AIO hooked in but am having trouble with how to use the...

Hello, I just wanted to ask if there is some solution for "old" Z170A motherboard without 3.1 slot. Is there any sort of adapter to 3.0? I dont care about losing speed I just need that usb-c capability. I found one DIY adapter but 70$ for a adapter is quite a lot. Thanks

This is my first PC build, and all fans are turning. I'm just unsure where all the wires are to go on the motherboard. As an example, the cooler has one set of 2 cables labeled "to fans" and one labeled "to motherboard". I connected the motherboard one to the CPU header but have no idea...